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thinking about questions of authority, technology, learning, and 2.0 in academic librariesTue, 13 May 2014 22:49:56 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Jhttps://deepening.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/dancing-the-dance-and-avoiding-the-dancers/#comment-62
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:53:41 +0000http://deepening.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-62I think I need to get more tattoos!

You bring up some interesting points here that I’m going to have to ponder. At least we aren’t those carefully guarded places any longer. And I’d say we’re better for the change.

Thanks for a very though-provoking post.

]]>By: Jenniehttps://deepening.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/dancing-the-dance-and-avoiding-the-dancers/#comment-61
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:49:06 +0000http://deepening.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-61“Eviscerate” may work. Not a true match, but similar in effect.
]]>By: rudibrarianhttps://deepening.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/dancing-the-dance-and-avoiding-the-dancers/#comment-59
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:10:24 +0000http://deepening.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-59Colleen — you’re a wordsmith– what’s a gender neutral term for emasculated?
]]>By: rudibrarianhttps://deepening.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/dancing-the-dance-and-avoiding-the-dancers/#comment-58
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:09:30 +0000http://deepening.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-58Alas, the incident so far ended with almost comedic phone sputtering! I could literally get no more than a three word string between interrogative interruptions demanding an answer to the demand. If the first word out was not Yes, the demand was screamed again. Face to face, I might have stood a chance! I need to be able to get my words in to make my case!

It is working its way through the powers that be. Except I think my PTB is waiting to see what ThatChair does. And I’m left wondering how people treat people like that — colleagues like that — fellow faculty like that — (now former) friends like that. Plus pondering the profession and its trajectory and all that.

]]>By: Colleenhttps://deepening.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/dancing-the-dance-and-avoiding-the-dancers/#comment-57
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:01:52 +0000http://deepening.wordpress.com/?p=34#comment-57I think it’s a momentary thing. At least, I hope so. I make a regular practice of antagonizing old fogeys, both in the regular faculty and in library admin (the admin at my FPOW), and I generally bully them my way, but they walk out smiling.

If calm, rational conversation doesn’t work, I start slinging acronyms and sounding very snooty about all of my knowledge. Then I waggle my tattoos at them. Finally, I explain that this is my job, and while I’m sure they are very good at their jobs (*snort**choke*), at least once they blow the dust off their syllabi, I *know* I am good at mine.

*sigh* Okay, so I haven’t gotten past the calm rational explanation to crusty professors, with a charming smile. They let me do what I want, pretty much. Perhaps the tattoos intimidate even without waggling?